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Foreword – touchREVIEWS in Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of touchREVIEWS in Infectious Diseases, where we continue our mission to deliver insightful, cutting-edge perspectives in infectious disease diagnosis and management. This issue offers an array of topics spanning diagnostics, service delivery innovations and preventive care, reflecting the dynamic challenges and opportunities in our field. In our first editorial, Barbara […]

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Martina Penazzato: Highlights from CROI 2022 – New Agents for HIV Prevention

Published Online: Feb 23rd 2022

Dr Martina Penazzato (World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland) discusses the highlights from this year’s CROI 2022 meeting in regard to new agents for HIV and active research. The current global guideline recommendations for postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis in vertical HIV transmission are discussed in a separate interview: Martina Penazzato, CROI 2022: Antiretrovirals for Prevention of HIV: From Adults to Infants

The talk entitled: ‘Antiretrovirals for prevention: from adults to babies’ was presented at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2022 (Virtual), 12-16 February 2022.

Disclosures: Martina Penazzato has nothing to disclose in relation to this video

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Katey Gabrysch.

Filmed as a highlight of CROI 2022

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Foreword – touchREVIEWS in Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024

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Foreword – touchREVIEWS in Infectious Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024

Martina Penazzato: Highlights from CROI 2022 – New Agents for HIV Prevention

HIV vaccine advances: insights from CROI 2024

Pioneering HIV vaccine research through regional advances and vaccine equity

Evolving HIV diagnostic technologies: A new era of precision

HIV diagnostic innovations: revolutionizing the fight against HIV

Antiretroviral management of HIV in clinical practice: integration of the latest data

Antiretroviral therapy updates at CROI 2024: emerging treatment strategies in HIV

Updated HIV primary care guidelines: Mamta Jain, ACTHIV 2023

Managing liver complications and drug-drug interactions in HBV-HIV co-infection: ACTHIV 2023 with Jessie Torgersen

HIV-HBV co-infection screening and monitoring guidelines: ACTHIV 2023, Jessie Torgersen

Patient Perspective, Yvette Raphael: Inclusivity of women and underrepresented populations in HIV clinical trials

Patient perspective, Yvette Raphael: Landscape of HIV treatment and prevention in women and at-risk populations

Patient perspective, Yvette Raphael: Disparities in HIV prevention, care and treatment among different populations

Jeffrey Kwong, ACTHIV 2023: Sexual health in older adults living with HIV, clinical considerations for PrEP, and HIV prevention promotion

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